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About Heppner gazette-times. (Heppner, Or.) 1925-current | View Entire Issue (July 7, 1983)
VOL. 101 NO. 17 THURSDAY, JULY 7. 1M3 Run committee presents $705 to Little League M Liz Curtis, an organizer of the annual Rolling Hills Run. presented check for S705 to LitUe League Association President Bob Krein last , week on behalf of the run committee. This year's annual run was held April 10. Proceeds will be used to purchase a back stop for Oil in Morrow County? Oil in Morrow County in the structure, for oil Teledyne Heppner area? About 40 Teledyne Exploration and At lantic Richfield Co. employees are here from Texas to try and find out if oil In Morrow County could become a real ity. The workers arrived last week and are staying in Hep pner and Boardman. WP. Edmiston of Tele dyne's Midland. Texas office says the group is conducting geophysical testing in ground Wright appointed to energy committee Governor Vic Atiyeh has appointed Herbert C. Wright of Fossil and James A. Swayne of Milton Freewater to the state Energy Policy Review Committee. Wright succeeds Lake Os wego resident La Rue "Lou" Van Dyke, whose term ex pired June 30. 1985. Swayne replaces Norm Matteson of Medford, who completed his term on Decem ber 21, 1982. Swayne'i term began December 22, 1983, and will expire December 21. 1984. The nine-member board consists of three state sena tors, three state representa tives and three members of the general public who are appointed by the governor. No member may serve for more than two terms. The committee represents More may compete at state 'Make it with WooF Contest There are opportunities for more contestants from district contests of Make It Yourself With Wool to travel to state competition this year, accord ing to Ruth McCabe, district director of lone If the tot i! ii ui.bcr of con testants is greater than 30 in a district, that district may send an additional Junior or senior contestant to the state compe tition. Contestants may be from ages 10 through 21 years of age Mr under contract by ARCO. only does the testing. Edmiston said. ARCO does ail the data processing and makes all in terpretations. l.ast year Teledyne em ployees worked in the Condon area: however, Edmiston said his company didn't learn the results of those tests. He said his crew would probably be working in this area for about two or three months. The committee represents public concerns on contingen cy and curtailment planning to the director of energy, and advises him on areas of needed research and develop ment. It also reviews conser vation programs and recom mends needed legislative or policy changes. Wright, the other appointed member, is the owner of Wright Chevrolet in Fossil. He has served as director of the Columbia Basin Electric Co-op for 12 years and has been chairman for the past two years. A native of Fossil. Wright is also a member of the Associ ated Oregon Industries' Ener gy Committee and the Oregon Rural Electric Legislative Committee. this year. Entries may be in sewing, knitting or crocheting. Boys, as well as girls, may participate. The local district contest also Includes a special division for adults. The district judging is scheduled for October 22 at St. Patrick's Catholic Parish Hall In Heppenr. Entry forms may be picked up at any OSU Extension office in Oregon, or by calling Mrs. McCabe at 422-7194. --. .. TSie Mmppmew Morrow County's PAGES a new little league field at the base of Willow Creek Dam, Krein said. Chain link fence material has been purchased with proceeds from a microwave oven raffle, he added. Next year's run has been set for Sunday, April 8, Curtis announced. Sidewalk Sale set This year's sidewalk sale. "Heppner Daze." has been set for Saturday, July 30. and plans are underway for a full dav of fun. More plans about the event will be announced as they become available. Heppner golfer moves into big competition 1 it':iJ""tJ R;1 . "si Charlie Itawlins NvJl'STINK WKATHKKFOKI) lleppner's outstanding gol fer. Charles Rawlins, who works at the Paradise Valley Golf Club's pro shop in North Phoenix, Arizona, has had several golfing successes re cently. He is now qualified as one of the four from the 141 who tried in the Southwestern U.S. to go to play in the U.S. National Public Links Championship at Coltsneck, New Jersey, from July 11 to 16. This will be Charlie's first participation in a U.S. Golf Association na tional contest, and participa ting in it will qualify him to also play in the Harding Cup competition this year. Home-Owned Weekly Newspaper 25 Nominations open for Nominations are now open for the Oregon Farm Family of the Year award, announced Dalton Hobbs executive vice president of the Agri-Business Council of Oregon. Presented jointly by the Agri-Business Council and the Oregon State Fair, this annual award hon ors an Oregon farm family for strong family involvement . and achievement in produc tion agriculture. The first family to be awarded this honor was last year's recip ient, the Larry Kaseberg family of Wasco. This year's family will be presented in ceremonies on the main stage at the State Fair this summer. Deadline for nominations is August 15. Selection is drawn from the Oregon farm family which best represents five factors: strong family involvement in all areas of farm manage ment, innovation in family All groups and organiza tions are invited to participate with booths, demonstrations or displays. Anyone interested may contact Andrea Morti more at Gardner's Men's Wear in Heppner. TV ' ' f , 3. cnarlie, who for several years was Oregon's left-handed champion, now holds that title for the state of Arizona. He won this honor at Tucson's National Golf Course. He did not try for the Oregon title again this year. He gained his qualification for the National PUblic Links Championship in the regional competition held at the Papa go Park Golf Club in Phoenix. If he can make it, he is interested in coming to Taco ma, Wash., immediately after the Public Links play in New Jersey to compete in the Na tional Ief t -Handed champion ship. He sent the facts about his winnings and qualifying for the national tournaments to his parents, Jane and Bill Rawlins of Heppner. ' """ HEPPNER. OREGON farm operations, utilization of modern agricultural tech niques and methods, active community involvement, and leadership in agricultural County jj. & Q - fig- - 21 The Morrow County 4-H delegates to OSU 4-H Summer Week posd during their busy week on campus in Corvallis June 13 through 18. Front row, left to right: Gibb Evans, Irrigon; Mike Ammons, Boardman; Cindy Stroeber, Heppner; Paula Heatherly, Heppner. WJHJ By BOB COSTA OSU Extension Agent Morrow County A large group of area far mers attended the Conserva tion Man of the Year Tour at the Bunch's Last Straw Ranch last Tuesday, June 28. Al Bunch and his wife, Bet ty, operate the Last Straw Ranch with their son, Mike, and daughter-in law, Trade. The Last Straw Ranch in cludes fields on Bunker Hill Road, in Clark's Canyon and near Hardman. The farming practices that earned them the conservation title include strip cropping, terracing and stubble mulch tillage. The home place fields on Bunker Hill Road are protec ted from erosion by strip cropping, terracing and stub ble mulch tillage. The home place fields on Bunker Hill Road are protec ted from erosion by strip cropping and 65.870 feet of level terraces. The Clark's Canyon fields contain 90,655 feet of graded terraces. Bunch prefers the level terraces be cause thev hold more water in Weather by the City of Oregon Farm Family organizations. "Agriculture has become the state's leading industry and it is the family farm that is the backbone and basic unit of agricultural production. We 4-H'ers spend Af Bunch (R) and his the field where it can be saved for use by the crop. Tillage practices are done to leave enough crop residue on the soil surface to help protect against erosion. The stubble was left stand ing over the winter. This spring, a chemical fallow her bicide was used to kill cheat grass and volunteer, and re duce the need for tillage. The i '" r! ! . (if ;l : ' ;i h I n il If l 1 1 fj : " n V Tues.. June 28 82 56 .12 Wed.. June 29 69 47 .10 Thurs.. June 30 73 53 .23 Fri.. July 1 68 45 .15 Sat.. July 2 65 47 .01 Sun.. July 3 77 47 Mon.. July 4 85 54 Heppner Total precipitation for June was 1.63" is 1.12". want to call attention to and honor these families." said Hobbs. Nomination forms are available form all county ex busy week Middle row, left to right: Marion McMillan, Lexington; Noella Rill, Heppner; Steve Miller, Heppner; Jan Evans, 4-H leader and chaperone, Irrigon. Back row, left to right: Chris McLaughlin, Heppner; Kimberle Wright, Heppner;' Jason Palmer, Heppner; and Diann Morter, 4-H ambassador of lone. ervation Man son, Mike first tillage was a shallow disking. Bunch would like to give up the disk because it is destructive to soil structure, but the disk's ability to break sod and large clods is often necessary. Next, the summer fallow fields were chiseled with sweeps with a tine har row attached. The fields will be rodweedejj. as necessary to High Lm Precff normal of the Year tension offices, many feed and implement dealers and the Agri-Business Council offices, 1437 S.W. Columbia St., Port land, Oregon. 97201. at OSU t v , lOUT control weeds. The Bunches are experi menting in one field to find out the minimum number of til lage operations they can rea sonably get by with. With concern for the future, the Bunch family has made notable efforts to protect their farmland from the loss of precious top soil.
